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* ''Fanfic/{{Moving}}'' is a one-shot fic for ''The Children's Hour'' film where Karen, drifting aimlessly after [[spoiler:her best friend Martha's GayngstInducedSuicide]], ends up rooming with a woman. The woman is a gay trans woman who takes Karen in and helps her come to the realization of her own bisexuality.

* ''Manga/LoveMeForWhatIAm'' has Satori Iwaoka, the owner of Café Question. Satori's only sibling is Tetsu, but she often acts like a CoolBigSis to the whole staff of the café, and as a {{Transgender}} woman she's often able to empathize with their issues and offer advice and support. In particular, when Mogumo's presence in the first volume leads to a rift between the staff over their standard "I'm a guy dressed as a girl" introduction, she encourages all of them to share their point of view on the issue to come to a compromise. This eventually resolves in Mogumo being able to stay in the café without compromising their identity and helps Mei [[spoiler: [[LGBTAwakening realize she was a closeted trans girl.]]]]

* In ''VideoGame/ANormalLostPhone'' [[spoiler: the main character Sam seeks community in an online forum called Be You, and finds guidance and comfort in several of the older members, including Harry, a trans man who lives in her city.]]

* ''Manga/ShounenNote,'' Yuhki Kamatani's pre-''[[{{Manga/OurDreamsAtDuskDreams}} Dreams]]'' work, has Minoru Aoi, a former soprano who becomes a sort of mentor for the choir as a whole. Minoru is initially introduced as Yutaka's big brother, but one day Mito runs into them wearing a skirt. Upon being questioned about it, Minoru displays a casual, almost fluid relationship to gender. Mito, likewise, is initially introduced as a girl but is uncomfortable with "feminine" things and longs for a deeper voice, hinting him to possibly be a closeted transgender boy. Mito forms a sort of IntergenerationalFriendship with Minoru and later is inspired by them to try dressing in a way more comfortable to him.

* ''Manga/ShounenNote,'' Yuhki Kamatani's pre-''Dreams'' work, has Minoru Aoi, a former soprano who becomes a sort of mentor for the choir as a whole. Minoru is initially introduced as Yutaka's big brother, but one day Mito runs into them wearing a skirt. Upon being questioned about it, Minoru displays a casual, almost fluid relationship to gender. Mito, likewise, is initially introduced as a girl but is uncomfortable with "feminine" things and longs for a deeper voice, hinting him to possibly be a closeted transgender boy. Mito forms a sort of IntergenerationalFriendship with Minoru and later is inspired by them to try dressing in a way more comfortable to him.
* ''Manga/LoveMeForWhatIAm'' has Satori Iwaoka, the owner of Café Question. Satori's only sibling is Tetsu, but she often acts like a CoolBigSis to the whole staff of the café, and as a {{Transgender}} woman she's often able to empathize with their issues and offer advice. In particular, when Mogumo's presence in the first volume leads to a rift between the staff over their standard "I'm a guy dressed as a girl" introduction, she encourages all of them to share their point of view on the issue to come to a compromise. This eventually resolves in Mogumo being able to stay in the café without compromising their identity and helps Mei [[spoiler: [[LGBTAwakening realize she was a closeted trans girl.]]]]

* ''Manga/OurDreamsAtDusk'' focuses on an LGBT-friendly drop-in center where people of several age groups regularly converge, and several dynamics like this form naturally between the characters. Tasuku, the protagonist, is particularly drawn to Haru after seeing her with her wife, Saki. In turn, Haru recognizes Tasuku is in the closet and looking for community and helps bring him into the fold [[spoiler: and later becomes the first person he comes out to.]]
** Meanwhile, Tasuku wants to become a figure like this to Misora after remembering how alone he felt when he was younger and frightened by the realization he was gay.

* ''Fanfic/{{Moving}}'' is a one-shot fic for ''The Children's Hour'' film where Karen, drifting aimlessly after [[spoiler:her best friend Martha's GayngstInducedSuicide]], ends up rooming with a woman. The woman is a gay trans woman who helps Karen come to the realization on her own bisexuality.

Compare to CoolBigSis and BigBrotherMentor for more general examples. LoverAndBeloved is an usually gay male trope where the lover is also the character's mentor.

* ''Fanfic/{{Moving}}'' is a one-shot fic for ''The Children's Hour'' film where Karen, drifting aimlessly after [[spoiler:her best friend Martha's GayngstInducedSuicide]], ends up rooming with a woman. The woman is a gay trans woman who helps Karen come to realization on her own bisexuality.

* In ''Film/ButImACheerleader'', which takes place in a [[CureYourGays gay conversion camp]], Lloyd and Larry are an older gay couple who met at the camp. They help sneak the characters out of the camp and into the local gay bar, and generally introduce the kids to what life is like as an out person.

->'''Shego''': ''"But if you want a role model, sure! I'm queer. I'm here."''
-->-- ''Fanfic/ImScaredToo''

->''"But if you want a role model, sure! I'm queer. I'm here."''

* In ''Fanfic/ASongOfGrumblingAndCottonCandy'', Pizzazz calls her groupie Clash and her girlfriend Blaze upon accidentally asking Jem out on a date. Clash actually [[YourCheatingHeart cheated on Blaze]] with Pizzazz once, but Pizzazz is in ''heavy'' denial over being lesbian and has no clue how dating women works.

* Implied in the ''Land of Oz'' one-shot ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/8886220 The Road Built of Hope]]''. Dorothy stays with a lesbian couple in San Francisco for a while. Dorothy is a bit young for romance, but her affections for Ozma are likely to develop as she ages.

-->-- ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13065202/1/ I'm Scared Too]]''

-->-- ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13065202/1/ I'm Scared]]''

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/8607787 Moving]]'' is a one-shot fic for ''The Children's Hour'' film where Karen, drifting aimlessly after [[spoiler:her best friend Martha's GayngstInducedSuicide]], ends up rooming with a woman. The woman is a gay trans woman who helps Karen come to realization on her own bisexuality.

* ''Manga/WanderingSon'' has Yuki Yoshida, a trans woman Takatsuki meets while out as a boy for the first time. She's the CoolBigSis for Takatsuki, Nitori, and to a degree Makoto later on.

* In ''Manga/MyBrothersHusband'', Mike Flanagan, a gay Canadian visiting Japan to meet the family of his dead Japanese husband, ends up mentoring Kazuya, the gay teenage elder brother of a schoolfriend of his niece Kana.

* Implied in the ''Land of Oz'' one-shot ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/8886220 The Road Built of Hope]]''. Dorothy stays with a lesbian couple in San Fransisco for a while. Dorothy is a bit young for romance, but her affections for Ozma are likely to develop as she ages.

** After [[TheRunaway running away from home]] for a few days, seventeen year old {{trans|gender}} boy J meets Marcia. She's a trans woman who visits the motel looking for runaway teens to give them advice. Marcia recommends that J visit a shelter for LGBT teens. She's a [[SmallRoleBigImpact bit character]] who only appears in that one scene, but she has a major impact on J's ComingOutStory.
** Chanelle goes to J's high school. She's a twenty year old trying to graduate (with the cut-off age being twenty-one). Chanelle is a trans woman herself. She acts as J's older sister-esque friend who helps him where his cisgender {{Childhood Friend|s}} Melissa cannot.

* In Creator/TennesseeWilliam's ''Theatre/VieuxCarre'', the Nightingale serves as this to the Writer, a stand-in for Williams. (The play is heavily autobiographical.)

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* In Creator/TennesseeWilliam's ''Theatre/VieuxCarre'', the Nightingale serves as this to the Writer, a stand-in for Williams. (The play is heavily autobiographical.)